2009 Women's Fund Grantees:
Mississippi Low Income Child Care Initiative: $4,000
The purpose of this grant is to support the advocacy work of the MLICCI, directed by Carol Burnett. MLICCI advocates for improved child care policies and greater public investment in the child care subsidy programs for low-income families. YouTube Video
Children's Justice Center: $16,000
The CJC will conduct an inter-disciplinary seminar for law, medical, and psychology students in spring 2010. The goal is to develop leaders in the state of MS who are rigorously trained in the identification and treatment of child abuse. Through professional advocacy, education, policy development, and research, they will contribute substantially to the knowledge base for the prevention of child maltreatment at the local, state, and national levels. Course will be modeled on similar programs at University of Pennsylvania and University of Oklahoma. Students will complete a major project focusing on effectuating public policy change on an issue pertaining to children.
Coordinated Community Response (CCR)
at Gulf Coast Women's Center for Nonviolence: $15,000
The grant will allow the Center to hire a part-time CCR coordinator for the Gulf Coast. The CCR program will redefine domestic violence within the community as a crime, not just a family problem, and will be modeled after other successful CCR programs across the country. The project will collaborate with law enforcement, service agencies, prosecutors, hospitals, faith-based organizations, and civic leaders.
Immigration Clinic at Catholic Charities: $5,000
This grant will support the Immigration Clinic's work of providing legal aid, social service casework, Consulate hosting, education, and resource and referral to the immigrant population in MS. Presentations about the unique needs of the immigrant population will be made to a wide range of people, from law enforcement to victims to judges.
Reproductive Health Planning
Grant
at Moore Community House (Biloxi, MS): $20,000
This grant addresses the lack of reproductive health care for low-income women on the Coast. Moore will hire a full-time staff person to assess the need and availability of reproductive health programs among a diverse group of low-income MS teens and women. Using the planning model similar to Women in Construction, this grant will: identify existing information and services, identify gaps in information and services, identify potential partners, develop a program concept, and implement a program to best meet the reproductive health needs of low income women and teens on the Gulf Coast.
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